Clinical Anonymization and Redactions Intern

Join Our Summer Internship Program and Make a Real Impact

Are you ready to do meaningful work in a cutting-edge, research-driven organization? At Alexion (an AstraZeneca company for Rare Diseases), our summer internship program offers you the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, and connections that will set you up for future success. This program will begin on June 2nd and potentially run through August 8th,  2025.

As an intern, you’ll be part of a dynamic, global team of curious, passionate, and open-minded individuals who are eager to learn, innovate, and grow. You’ll collaborate with industry-leading professionals, contribute to impactful projects, and gain hands-on experience in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

If you’re enthusiastic about science, innovation, and making a difference, our internship program is your chance to follow your passion and kickstart your career!

This is what you will do:

The primary purpose of this internship will be to provide an opportunity to learn about the role of Clinical Anonymization and Redactions Intern within the Clinical Trial Transparency pharmaceutical industry and global transparency needs. This role will become familiar with clinical study registrations and information are accurately routed, tracked, and entered in appropriate databases as per regulatory requirements and in line with Alexion principles, policies, standards, and the law. This role will become familiar with the anonymization and/or pseudo anonymization processes in support of Health Canada’s PRCI process, EMA policy 0070, EU Clinical Trial Regulation (CTR) and other disclosures of clinical documents that must be redacted or otherwise anonymized to support results posting in public registries and/or any other specific need (eg. publications, synopsis). The role will help ensure that the right tools and processes are used to ensure Alexion’s assets are effectively protected including our patient confidentially. The successful candidate (co-op)  will work with one or more experienced CTT personel on projects to support clinical studies and have the opportunity to be exposed to the drug development process. This role may support internal CTT process improvement or template updates. This role will support the overall Clinical Trial Transparency departmental goals and vision. 

Specifically, we are seeking individuals with the traits listed below: 

• Motivated self-starter who is detailed, results and process oriented with a focus on effective and efficient improvements 

• Organized individual with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high performance standards 

• Superior problem solving and analytical skills and ability to work in a highly visible, deadline-oriented position and environment 

• Strong communication and people skills, comfortable working with a cross functional and collaborative team and effectively able to deal with all levels of personnel 

• The ability to create an actuary for company confidential information 

You will be responsible for:

• Learning Alexion specific processes such as clinical study registration, including ClinicalTrials.gov, EuCTR, AlexionClinicalTrials.com and all applicable tracking/routing internally/externally. 

• Learn anonymization/redaction processes pertaining to EU CTR, HC PRCI, and  

• Working in a cross-functional, inter-company capacity to ensure compliance is maintained with all legal and regulatory requirements pertaining to any and all applicable clinical studies that are sponsored by the Alexion Group of companies. 

• You will be responsible for working with various study teams in functional areas to create a robust library of CCI and to achieve this you will need to work directly with senor leaders to junior study team members. 

• Working collaboratively with other crossfunctional teams to continuously improve processes.  

• Attending and participating in any project team meetings. 

• Providing an end of internship summary presentation. 

You will need to have:

• Experience with various MS Office programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, Project, and PowerPoint  

• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English  

• Ability to understand and interpret complex clinical and/or scientific and statistical data and effectively communicate inaccuracies in technical documents to authors. 

• Ability to conduct thorough and accurate research skills and have logical organizational skills and clear readable writing. 

• Ability/desire to learn new techniques and best practices 

• Good interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills 

• Attention to detail 

• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment.  As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.  

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.